Name
mkdosfs
Synopsis
mkdosfs [options
]device
[blocks
] mkfs.msdos [options
]device
[blocks
]
System administration command. Format device as an MS-DOS filesystem. You may specify the number of blocks on the device or allow mkdosfs to guess.
Options
- -A
Create an Atari MS-DOS filesystem.
- -b backup-sector
Specify sector for backup boot sector. The default value depends on the number of reserved sectors, but is usually sector 6.
- -c
Scan device for bad blocks before execution.
- -C
Create and format a file suitable for use on a floppy disk. The device given on the command line should be a filename, and the number of blocks must also be specified.
- -f n
Specify number of File Allocation Tables (FATs) to create (either 1 or 2).
- -F fat-size
Create File Allocation Tables (FATs) of size fat-size. By default this will be between 12 and 16 bits. Set to 32 to create a FAT32 filesystem.
- -i volume-id
Use the specified 32-bit hexadecimal volume-id instead of calculating a number based on the time of creation.
- -I
Force installation to a device without partitions. This is useful when formating magneto-optical disks.
- -l file
Read list of bad blocks from file.
- -m message-file
Set the message to be used when the filesystem is booted without an installed operating system to the contents of the file message-file. The message may be up to 418 bytes in size. If filename is a hyphen, read text from standard input.
- -n label
Set volume name for filesystem to label. The volume name may be up to 11 characters long.
- -r maximum-entries
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